My two favorites:
1. "One size does not fit all", but with the letters intentionally slightly too big so that it didn't fit. Not electronic. Seen in Boston. No idea what was being advertised.
2. 772-222-2222, femaleinjurylawyer.com. Not electronic. Seen on Florida's Turnpike in the 772 area code just a few days ago. I don't know why I like this one, but the website URL...
Opium is the fun choice:
https://flic.kr/p/2gsMo4G
South of the Border along I-95 used to be. I don't use I-95 much these days so it's irrelevant now, but they're my all time favorites.
Not my favorite, per se, but one billboard campaign I remember from a couple decades ago, in the early aughts, was one that read "MICROSURGICAL VASECTOMY REVERSAL. 1-713-REVERSE (HOUSTON) - MONEY BACK GUARANTEE."
These must have been up for hundreds of miles around, as I recall seeing them on I-70 in Missouri between Columbia and KC. Do any of you remember those billboards?
Approaching The Dells from any direction, billboards for the "Ghost Bort Tour".
I know it's supposed to be "Ghost Boat Tour" but their choice of font makes the A look like an R.
I smile every time because it makes me think of this:
(https://frinkiac.com/video/S06E04/35EqM-Hj1lfK5QGscPD4aFCVQhI=.gif)
There was one along EB I-90 in the downtown Cleveland, OH area in the very late 1990s that I thought was so funny that I nearly drove off of the freeway, and I am still remiss in not getting a photo of it, showing a portrait image of Bill Clinton with the similar images of several women around him and a snarky political comment
Mike
I remember some that said "The Last Mile Is The Toughest" or similar, with a driver with facial expression conveying considerable discomfort. Those were for Pepto Bismol or Imodium or one of those.
I've never been a huge drinker, but I always liked this one:
ingle ells
ingle ells
The holidays just aren't the same without J&B.
I've always loved the holiday billboards around Chicagoland proclaiming WLIT/93.9 Lite FM as "The Christmas Music Station."
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSW4Ifv0yF-vrt2_NLe5VBdegU75g9FLzCXYuuCuYdwflUjZuE6XbC3dzqOSPyt5QGomr4&usqp=CAU)
I love Buc-ee's Billboards.
They sell miniature versions in their stores.
SM-G996U
Darth's more evil, accident-chasing, lawyer brother
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52607355198_e12c15566a_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2o9JrTu)
Quote from: skluth on January 04, 2023, 12:26:49 PM
Darth's more evil, accident-chasing, lawyer brother
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52607355198_e12c15566a_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2o9JrTu)
Made me think about the Chad Vader parody videos on YouTube.
We've got billboards similar in Florida, but of another very egotistical self centered attorney.
^^^^^^
Quote from: ibthebigd on January 04, 2023, 05:07:54 AM
I love Buc-ee's Billboards.
They sell miniature versions in their stores.
SM-G996U
There are so many variations. Greatest Hits:
Ain't no potty like a Buc-ee's potty
Potty like a rockstar
There are so many others. My brain can't conjure them all right now unfortunately.
Quote from: skluth on January 04, 2023, 12:26:49 PM
Darth's more evil, accident-chasing, lawyer brother
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52607355198_e12c15566a_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2o9JrTu)
I'm glad Chris spent the money to put that one in a high-visibility location on what appears to be a major thoroughfare in the area.
Quote from: gonealookin on January 04, 2023, 02:51:01 PM
Quote from: skluth on January 04, 2023, 12:26:49 PM
Darth's more evil, accident-chasing, lawyer brother
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I'm glad Chris spent the money to put that one in a high-visibility location on what appears to be a major thoroughfare in the area.
That's what the desert looks like just off the main highway. This was on North Gene Autry Trail going into Palm Springs, one of the main entrances into the city from I-10.
Quote from: roadman65 on January 04, 2023, 12:48:24 PM
We've got billboards similar in Florida, but of another very egotistical self centered attorney.
^^^^^^
But does he share a last name with Darth Vader (https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Anakin_Skywalker/Legends)?
Quote from: KCRoadFan on January 03, 2023, 11:27:08 AM
Not my favorite, per se, but one billboard campaign I remember from a couple decades ago, in the early aughts, was one that read "MICROSURGICAL VASECTOMY REVERSAL. 1-713-REVERSE (HOUSTON) - MONEY BACK GUARANTEE."
These must have been up for hundreds of miles around, as I recall seeing them on I-70 in Missouri between Columbia and KC. Do any of you remember those billboards?
There used to be one of these on I-15 headed south out of Las Vegas.
Quote from: 1 on January 03, 2023, 10:14:50 AM
My two favorites:
1. "One size does not fit all", but with the letters intentionally slightly too big so that it didn't fit. Not electronic. Seen in Boston. No idea what was being advertised.
2. 772-222-2222, femaleinjurylawyer.com. Not electronic. Seen on Florida's Turnpike in the 772 area code just a few days ago. I don't know why I like this one, but the website URL...
Years ago, I saw a billboard in Lancaster or Palmdale, CA for a lawyer who managed to get the number 888-888-8888. It didn't stay up for long. I wonder who has it now. That was probably a multi-million dollar transaction.
There are no particular billboards I like among them, but I enjoy reading the many Wall Drug ads on I-90 in South Dakota.
And even though Burma Shave has been gone for half a century, they still have Burma Shave signs on the old US-66 in western Arizona.
Quote from: pderocco on January 08, 2023, 03:44:17 AM
And even though Burma Shave has been gone for half a century, they still have Burma Shave signs on the old US-66 in western Arizona.
(https://i.imgur.com/t0Zj8J5.jpg)
Cracker Barrel, "Is buttermilk batter better? You bet."
There used to be one near Bismarck, ND, that was supposed to be advertising for the state, I think:
Welcome to North Dakota!
Mountain removal project complete
I do like the ones from Chik Fil A with the cow saying 'Eat more chikin'
Mike
Here is a funny one I pass by quite a bit on I-94 and Michigan Ave in Detroit.
(https://i.imgur.com/uFzvh5K.jpeg)
My all-time favorite was on I-4 westbound near downtown Orlando in the late 1970s, for a hotel (don't remember which one) that advertised its "roomy rooms." My sister and I always got a kick out of that one.
Billboard next to the stinky 41 interchange with WI 55 in Kaukauna was for the Aroma Inn.
This billboard is fairly close to my home and, until recently, it was an ad for a cannabis dispensary in Evanston featuring a pineapple wearing sunglasses (cannabis wouldn't become legal in Illinois for five months after this photo was taken). I thought it was interesting for two reasons:
(1) My parents would use it as a navigational landmark with my son ("turn right at the pineapple") - we don't know if they knew what the ad was for
(2) It's been replaced by one of those (83) FOR-TRUTH billboards.